Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-21
AMUsEnENrs.

h Pyke Opera Comparx !, .,p.a.n...,
Last Night : "siack M.ntIes. rhi.
Evening-The Osborne 4 stochwell
company Next Week-Dramatic Notes.
An excellent performance ., +h;, +he
Na'es' Effort OF Gilbert 4 Sullivan, was
gwen bs the Pyke Opera Company last
evening to y large audience, and from the
'rfqnent applause they were verv well
pleased. Miss Manfred was winsoms and
charming as Rose Maybud. The part lust
su'ted her petite figure and pretty face. Ar
Mad Margaret JEANNE Winston made .
great hit, her strong voice being vel
adapted Tor the wild songs OF the luny
eir'. She made a decided hit in the solo
Goodnight. Sweet Dreams" which was
beautifully rendered and vel deserved the
nearly encore which it received. Mr.. De
Lange kept up his reputation as q first.
Grass comedian, bis facial expressions being
something remarkable, and calling forth
roars OF laughter. The other characters
were well sustained.
This evening will close the engagement OF
this most excellent company in this city.
on which occasion Black Mantles," which
made such II decided hit on Friday evening,
will be repeated. We consider it the best
opera in their repertoire, and those who
tailed to see it should be sure to attend this
evening. The prices for this evening will be
5O cents and 81, no extra charge for re.
served seats. The company appear at
anaconda on Monday evening and we
cheerful'y recommend them most highly
wherever they may 20.
A TREAT.
A dramatic treat will BE- given our
theatre-going public this week, BY the ap-
pearance OF the Osbourne & StockwelI
Company at the Grand Opera House, be-
ginning tomorrow evening, when Clay NJ.
Greene's great western drama 1.-The Golden
Cant" will be presented, to be followed
Wednesday and Thursday with "The
Shadows Of II Great City" ald Ranch 10"
on Friday and Saturday. 1.-The Golden
Giant" has proven an immediate success
everywhere, having a strong plot, repIete
with comedy and pathos. and giving the
display their talents as artists. New and
appropriate scenery carried by the com.
pany will he used in each play.
The following is the story OF The Golden
Giant" "In the early days OF the graf
g,Id excitement in Idaho a party OF FIVE
persons, consisting OF Alex. Fairfax. his
mother. sister Bessie, friend and partner.
Max Wayne, and 3, gambler named Jack
Mason. seek their fortunes in the new dig.
gines at Gold Run. Within a year Mrs.
Fairfax dies and Max Waine sud.
denly disappears while on a trip
to the East. Meanwhile Alex. and
Max had taken up a claim. which, after
Max'sd disappearance, turned out very rich.
q nd ito nroor md NINA alba uvouo ~, II
the Golden Giant. One day, az the str &c
was coming down the road into Gold Run,
it overturned and threw the passengers,
among whom al Ethel Wayne, (wife OF
MAXI into the river. Ethel was fleeing
from a villain named Duncan Lemoine.
who. by false representations. had caused
her to leave her Eastern home. and there,
to further his own ends. had persuaded her
husband, when he found her gone, that she
had betrayed him. Alex saw the accident
to the coach, rushed from his cabin and
brought her, dripping, from the river, into
the hotel where she was kindly cared for
until Lemoine, who happened to be in the
town, saw her and tried to prejudice her
.new.found friends against her. Turnea
the hotel she was taken into Alex
Fairfax's cabin and made her home there
with him and his sister. Alex loved her at
first sight, and after a short tine she, be-
her first husband dead and to-
SILENCE THE TONGUE OF SANDER,
too. conceived a deep affection for
Alec, married him. In the meantime Jack
"ason, a rather manly type, notwithstand-
ing his procession, had fallen deeply in love
with Bessie. the sister of ALEC, and she re-
ci%procated his affection. But by this act
forfeited Alec friendship and was refused
the house. He leaves the town, r%enOunces
his business. becomes a prosperous broker
and next appears after seven years in the
home Of Fairfax, who, having grown
wealthy from the yield of the mine, has
moved to New York. The occasion is a
birthday party, at which LIE Moyne, who
these years has been scheming to obtain
with him Max Wayne, who,
by his continuance, has been con.
fined in an insane. asylum
for seven years, hut he has induced b,m t.,
believe that his wife was the cause Of it.
Alec aud he met words end in blows aud "A
duel is the result. Alec fires into the air,
but Max is killed by the treachery OF Le-
Moyne. Alec flies to Europe. Ethel and
his sister return to Gold Run. In the last
act LIE Movne is killed in an attack upon
Alec, who has returned to wiring the truth
him. Before dying he excnlpa'es
Ethel, explanations enste and everything
is made right. The play contaius several
good situations, and The language is strong
and characteristics. As a picture OF types
peculiar to the lie it describes, it is faithful
the whole, and several OF the characters,
Alec, Jack Mason, Billy and Bessie, are
" ell drawn and distinctly individual.
DRAMATIC NOTES.
nj, = J- I,-sn- a.,
Osbourne & StOckwell season will be $1.OO
and SOC. Box plans for sale Of reserved
seats without extra cost, are now open at
Calkins' book store.
The Pyke Opera Company appear at
Anaconda tomorrow evening, presenting
'Prince Methusalem," and at Helena
Tuesday and Wednesday where 1.-The
Black Nantes will be given by request.
L. A. Morgensterr, representative OF the
Osbourne & Stockwell Company, has
arranged with Manager Mcguire for the
appearan nee on his circuit next June OF the
great German dialect comedian, Gus
Williams, under the management OF Mr..
John H. Robb one OF the most popular Of
Mr.. Williams will present
zone OF the Finest" Capt. sishler" and
"Keppler's Fortune" all great successes
throughout the East.
Sam Thai. the popular agent, leaves tor
San francisco On to-night's ira n having
accepted the position of manager for Mr..
Gustavus Levick and Miss Celia Alsberg
two bright dramatic artists.
Alvin Joslin, (Chas. l.. Davis) with his
diamonds and brass band, will soon reach
Montana to play the circuit under Mr.:
Magnire's management.
The late.t reports from Helena represent
Manag,r Mcguire as improving slowly. In
the meantime his able lieutenant Louis
Villeu.aire. is attending to his business
interests.
Upon the completion Of the alterations
in Ming's Opera House, Helena, which are
progressing very slowly. WITH the new
theatre now building in Anaconda. and the
present fine hall in Missoula in conjunction
with our Grand Opera House here,
Manacer Mcguire will have Il circuit that
he will be proud OF. and OF much more
convenience to travelling companies than
at present.
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